I think for me this is about forgiveness...we can never be forgiven we don't take that first step to ask and mend with repentance...darn sounds like I am about to quote scripture...I'm not :) It's just you can't say I'm sorry and not show you are... Stepping away before I am hit with a pulpit..Nice work!

The best thing about this is the space it leaves to fill in the blanks. And the voice, which is like your grandmother telling you something important that took her her whole life to learn, so you can forget it until you really need it. An excellent poem, MZ.